The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the +108 kg division was staged on 14 December 1997.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Ronny Weller (GER) |
200.0 kg |  Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
200.0 kg |  Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) |
187.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
262.5 kg | Ronny Weller (GER) |
250.0 kg | Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) |
225.0 kg |
| Total | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
462.5 kg | Ronny Weller (GER) |
450.0 kg | Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) |
412.5 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Aleksandr Kurlovich (BLR) |
205.0 kg | Istanbul, Turkey | 27 November 1994 |
| Clean & Jerk | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
260.0 kg | Atlanta, United States | 30 July 1996 | |
| Total | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
457.5 kg | Atlanta, United States | 30 July 1996 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
170.30 | 185.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 |  |
240.0 | 250.0 | 262.5 | |
462.5 |
| |
Ronny Weller (GER) |
138.40 | 195.0 | 200.0 | |
242.5 | 250.0 | |
450.0 | ||
 |
Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) |
118.45 | 182.5 | 187.5 | |
220.0 | 225.0 | |
412.5 | ||
| 4 |  Tibor Stark (HUN) |
134.65 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 4 | 215.0 | 220.0 | 6 | 405.0 | ||
| 5 |  Anders Bergström (SWE) |
130.20 | 175.0 | 6 | 220.0 | 225.0 | 4 | 400.0 | |||
| 6 | Raimonds Bergmanis (LAT) |
134.35 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 7 | 220.0 | 225.0 | 5 | 400.0 | ||
| 7 |  Stian Grimseth (NOR) |
141.90 | 177.5 | 5 | 215.0 | — | 8 | 392.5 | |||
| 8 |  Sos Khachatryan (ARM) |
141.55 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 8 | 205.0 | 215.0 | 7 | 390.0 | ||
| 9 |  Erdinç Arslan (TUR) |
137.25 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 210.0 | — | — | 11 | 375.0 | |
| 10 |  Bruno Soto (ESP) |
140.00 | 162.5 | 12 | 205.0 | 212.5 | 9 | 375.0 | |||
| 11 |  Taher Mohammed (IRQ) |
121.00 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 9 | 195.0 | 12 | 360.0 | |||
| 12 |  Petr Sobotka (CZE) |
141.60 | 165.0 | 11 | 192.5 | 195.0 | 14 | 360.0 | |||
| 13 |  Ma Chan-hung (TPE) |
133.25 | 140.0 | 14 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 13 | 335.0 | |||
| 14 |  Nopadol Wanwang (THA) |
113.50 | 135.0 | 15 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 192.5 | 15 | 327.5 | ||
| 15 |  Isca Kam (NRU) |
126.75 | 130.0 | 140.0 | 13 | 170.0 | 180.0 | 16 | 320.0 | ||
| — | Sergey Siziev (RUS) |
108.55 | — | 205.0 | 210.0 | 10 | — | ||||
| — |  Friedrich Konrad (AUT) |
109.55 | — | — | — | ||||||
New records edit
| Clean & Jerk | 262.5 kg | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS)
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| Total | 462.5 kg | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS)
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